Sword Art Online: Episode 18

If only I could tell her that this was going nowhere!

         Episode Rating: 7/10                   

    

Well, this episode primarily focused on the ongoing relationship between Kirito and Leafa. I gotta say that it just sucks that we already know this is going nowhere however this episode basically focuses on their growing relationship. I'm pretty sure that Sugu is going to find out Kirito is her cousin/brother soon anyways so this is just weird.

The highlight of this episode was probably when Asuna used the mirror to figure out the passcode to the lock on her cage. I'm pretty sure that in the next episode, she will be escaping from that cage, however I have a strong feeling that she won't be let go so easily and early in the game, that would kind of eliminate the need for Kirito to go up the World Tree in the first place. 

O yea.....of course there was that part when Sugou was touching up Asuna again (I swear he is like 10 years older than her.....) but I'll let it go for now since I'm sure he will get his ass kicked sooner or later. 

Another thing I forgot to mention about ALO (Alfheim Online) is that the intensity from before in SAO is gone. I mean the need for survival and how people reacted to the death of a player was so intense but now that entire feeling is eliminated so it feels a bit lacking. I mean of course flying it as cool as ever :3 but it just feels lacking.

I really hope that Sugu figures out the next episode because I honestly can not stand to watch this anymore cause it is just so awkward. However I am also looking forward to Asuna breaking out, but also the end where you see people are tracking Leafa and Kirito, I can't wait to watch Kirito kick their asses since logically speaking, Kirito should be insanely overpowered in ALO. 

Overall, this episode was okay, but I have to say that nothing to big actually stood out, and it was a pretty dull episode and because of this I can't give this episode a high rating. Although it does lead to a very exciting episode next week (I hope) in terms of this episode alone, it was pretty lacking in interest and action.